I watched a sermon about Prayer and the nations from The Village Church today and it was heartbreaking and convicting and wonderful. I have been so complacent I feel like because I don't want to do the wrong thing so I haven't been doing anything. How does that make sense?
My heart just became so heavy today for all of the people around the world that haven't heard the gospel. The people that have a hole in their hearts that only You can fill, God. The people that are broken and in desperate need of hope and love. The people that have been sold for someone else's pleasure. The people that keep human traffickers in business. The kids that lost their parents and are now orphans who don't have anyone to take care of them. The Christians being persecuted in other countries. The people who think that things of this world are going to satisfy them when each thing that's not Jesus is only going to make them more dissatisfied.
I sobbed. I am heartbroken for each of these problems. This world is so broken and people don't seem to see how desperately they need Jesus.
I watched some of the Super Bowl tonight and all I could think about was the amount of people (women, children, and men) that were going to be sold later to have sex with sports fans. I recently read a great article on the subject. Human trafficking continues after large events. These people will still be here tomorrow morning. Still needing prayer. Still needing help. Still needing something to be done.
I also thought about the amount of money. I thought about the people all over the world with the lack of food, education, clothing, shelter, etc. and how many people could be provided for with just one of those bonus checks the players get. A player on the losing team gets a $49,000 bonus. So to put that into perspective that would be about the equivalent of sponsoring 10 children at $27 a month through Every Orphan's Hope for 15 years. Crazy.
Now I'm not saying all of this to hate on the Super Bowl. I think sports are great and going to football games is fun! I have lost count of the amount of Aggie football games I've attend. Whoop. I think it's important not to turn a blind eye to things though. Just because we pretend something isn't there doesn't mean it goes away.
As much as I wanted to ignore the aching in my heart and for it to go away didn't mean it would actually go away until I did something about it. And ya know I am still heartbroken over all of this but something I was reminded of today is to make God's agenda my agenda and to make God's passions my passions.
God is passionate about each one of these things that break my heart because I know they each break His heart immensely more. I know He's got an agenda and I know He is going to be glorified through all of this.
I don't want to be sitting on the sidelines (see I love sports. look at that sports metaphor) while God uses someone else to be part of His awesome plan. I hope you don't either.
